ifc presentation dhaka megha nepal
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REGIONAL FORUMEngendering SMEs: Women in Enterprise Development
2-3 October 2005, Spectra Convention Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES FROM A NEPALESE PERSPECTIVE
Megh Ranjani Rai
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NEPAL
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From the Terai
to
the Mountains
Unique Blend of Climates
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Poverty and Unemployment• 1991, underemployment was
estimated at 35 percent (CBS, 1995).
• 1991-92 showed underemployments
at 39 percent – Agricultural Census
• 1996 survey showed an exacerbation of 47 percent
Background
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Opportunities for SMEsPotential for Agro Businesses
Natural Resources
NTFPs
Low investment by individual entrepreneurs
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Opportunities for SMEs
Natural resources Potential for Agro businesses NTFPs Low investment by individual
entrepreneur
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Institutional and Legal Framework Ministry of Industries, Commerce
and Supplies Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives Industrial Enterprise Development
Institute Cottage and Small industries Board Agriculture Development Bank Local government bodies.
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Institutional and Legal Framework Contd……..
Private Sector- FNCCI- Fair Trade Group
International Organizations- Gtz- Helvetas- Swiss Contact- UNDP
NGOs
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Institutional and Legal Framework Contd …. 2002 Industrial policy Industrial Enterprise Act 1992. “A Report on Micro and Small
enterprise Policy review in Nepal” ILO supported by UNDP
The Tenth Plan MDGs
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Women Beneficiaries
Milk Production
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Micro Entrepreneurs
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Approaches to Enterprise Development
Women represented as 70% of the beneficiaries Business Development Services Enterprise Development Facilitators (EDF) Producer groups Formation of Cooperatives or Federations Linking with MFI’s Formation of village banks
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CONSTRAINTS
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Topography
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CONTD…….
Social structure and patriarchal systems
Discrimination on the basis of caste, ethnicity and gender
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CONTD…….
Market linkages & market specifications
Forest Laws
Tax levied by the Maoists
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Conclusion
CHANGED GENDER ROLES
- absence of men - insurgent recruitment - decreasing food security- added caretaker roles
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Conclusion, contd…..
FINALLY
the influx of cheap, Chinese goods against which the best Nepalese entrepreneur product has to compete !!!!!!